- Title
- The obligation of South Africa to provide social security to refugees and asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Creator
- Dekeda, Awethu Zethu
- ThesisAdvisor
- Lubaale, Emma Charlene
- Subject
- Social security Law and legislation South Africa
- Subject
- Human rights South Africa
- Subject
- Refugees Government policy South Africa
- Subject
- Political refugees South Africa
- Subject
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Influence
- Date
- 2023-10-13
- Type
- Academic theses
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/424119
- Identifier
- vital:72125
- Description
- Covid-19 a novel pandemic, has wreaked havoc globally, threatening the livelihoods of all, including refugees and asylum seekers. Like all other countries globally, South Africa has gone to great lengths to mitigate the challenges that this pandemic has caused. However, it is far from clear whether these responses are according due regard to the rights of some of the most vulnerable in society, amongst which are refugees. This thesis deals with South Africa’s obligation to provide social security to refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic. It specifically assesses whether South Africa's responses to the Covid-19 pandemic were in adherence to fundamental refugee law principles relevant to the protection of refugees. The study commences with a general introduction, followed by an analysis of the international human rights and refugee law framework relevant to protection of refugees. This framework is used to assess South Africa’s responses. Subsequently, the discussion delves into South Africa’s own national framework on social security. Using the standards identified in both the national and international frameworks, the thesis then proceeds to measure South Africa’s Covid-19 related responses regarding social security to resolve the issue of whether South Africa adhered to these standards in as far the protection of refugees’ right to social security is concerned.
- Description
- Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law, Law, 2023
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (132 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Law, Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Dekeda, Awethu Zethu
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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